Monk in Pieces

Monk in Pieces is not a conventional documentary about American artist Meredith Monk, but a kaleidoscopic, sensory experience that invites the viewer to rethink the boundaries of art, identity, and expression. A must-see for admirers of the avant-garde, feminist art, minimalist composition, and the power of performance. Now in her seventh decade as an artist, Monk appears both vulnerable and candid. At its core, Monk in Pieces poses a haunting question: how does a body of work live on when its creator is no longer here? The film follows her emotional passing of the torch (handing her masterpiece Atlas to a new generation of artists), a process as fragile as it is powerful. Mixing interviews with icons like Björk, David Byrne, and Philip Glass with archival footage, rehearsal excerpts, and intimate moments, the documentary reveals Monk's singular artistic vocabulary, where dance, voice, theater, and spirituality fuse into an elusive yet profoundly resonant form of expression.